Tribe 7 Tigers 4

The Cleveland Indians were victorious tonight in the first game of their three game weekend series with the Detroit Tigers 7-4. Here are my thoughts on the game:

1. Solid start tonight again by Paul Byrd. I don't think he had great command tonight. A lot of his pitches were getting up his zone and really started to catch up to him later in the game. But still he threw strikes and really gave the Indians a chance to win.


2. The defensive play by Jason Michaels was huge in many ways. Had he not caught the ball and it did go over the fence the Tigers would of had a 4-2 lead and right after this catch the Indians would go on to stretch the lead an inning later in the 4th.


3. Every player had a hit tonight in the starting lineup and like I have said in the past when this team gets balance they are extremely difficult to beat.


4. The Pronk triple was huge in that it gave some breathing room and really salted the game away. Hopefully this will help him get out of the mini slump he has been in.


5. For all the experts who say how Detroit has such a better bullpen than us, well the Tribe pen outperformed the Tigers pen tonight.


6. Tonight's win was huge to get off to a good start against the Tigers and grab the division lead back again.

The Indians and Tigers will continue the series tomorrow afternoon at 4 with CC Sabathia taking the mound against Justin Verlander.

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